Washington DC on July 4th weekend

Union Station in Washington DC	Plenty of Security around the Capitol	Roads through the Mall closed for the Independence day celebrations	What is going on?	A colorful scene
Past the Christian group on the Mall	Passing through	Crowd begins to arrive	Our first destination	Random Entertainment
Buildings of the Smithsonian in the background	One of the Peace Corp exhibits	Activity in the PC area	Informational programs	Peace Corps around the world
Crowds	Entertainment from Central America	Smile on the dance floor	The full dance floor	Shake it!
The youngest dancer	The lady with the vibrating hips :-)	Constant movement on the floor	Perspective on the dance floor	Oh yeah, Feel the beat!
Grooving to the beat	This mamma was moving	The face that has seen it all	A triumphant finish	Performers from Botswana
Hiding in the bushes	Exposed photography	iPad photography	Music from Botswana	What is she wearing?
What the heck?	The Washington Monument	Portapotties - why were they locked?	Pedal power to the max	Colorful crowd scene
Definitely a happy scene	The Smithsonian Folklife Festival	Front and Back	Pointy stuff	The Capitol
Crowds in front of the Capitol	The Flag	Fly by	DC street through the Mall	Parked on the grass
The police	Young couple	From the subcontinent	Random person	Definitely from the Indian subcontinent
Little Umbrellas attached to head	Awaiting entertainment at the Capitol	Evening sun - seating on the grass	Sea of color	As the sun sets
The crowd waits for the fireworks	A lighted pencil	Night falls	And the fireworks start	The smoke gets in the way
Another pattern	A different color	Variety of patterns through the smoke	Through the smoke	Red